Cobertura de San Martín

Qué significan las cifras de San Martín

Importan dos números y solo uno es el que cita todo el mundo. La velocidad habitual, 22.3 Mbps, te dice cómo es un buen momento.

El percentil diez, 3.6 Mbps, es el que conviene leer. Es la velocidad en la peor décima parte del día, cuando la antena de encima de la estación está llena y todos los que te rodean están en ella. Un país con mediana alta y suelo bajo es un país que funciona de maravilla hasta el momento en que de verdad lo necesitas.

Si el viaje depende de videollamadas o de compartir conexión, planifica con la cifra de hora punta y no con la habitual.

Qué pasa en San Martín cuando la red se satura

La congestión no es una avería, es un martes por la tarde. La pregunta es qué puede hacer tu eSIM al respecto, y en la mayoría de las eSIM de viaje la respuesta es nada: un acuerdo mayorista por país, una red y ninguna salida salvo comprar una segunda eSIM a otro mientras estás de pie en la calle.

Aquí el tráfico de Orbislo va por Orange Caraïbe, Digicel, Dauphin Telecom, Free Caraïbe y UTS. Cuando la red en la que estás se degrada te movemos a otra, en mitad del viaje, sin que lo pidas, y te lo contamos después en lugar de interrumpirte en ese momento.

Operadores móviles en San Martín

• Five networks: The regulator's shutdown table for Saint-Martin lists five mobile operators: Dauphin Telecom, Digicel, Free Caraïbe, Orange and UTS. Dauphin Telecom and Free Caraïbe never ran a 2G network there.
• Free Caraïbe: Free Caraïbe began selling mobile plans in the French Caribbean on 17 May 2022. At launch it had 10 mobile sites on Saint-Martin covering 97 percent of the population with 4G, with 2 more sites planned to reach 98 percent.

Redes antiguas en San Martín

• Digicel switched off 2G on Saint-Martin on 1 July 2025, and UTS has also ended its 2G service. Orange began with Peatree Hill, Rambaud and Marigot on 19 May 2026 and scheduled the switch off everywhere on the territory for 26 September 2026.
• Orange plans to close its 3G network in 2028, and the other operators have not announced a 3G date. The regulator warns that a phone which cannot carry calls over 4G, known as VoLTE, will stop making calls once the older networks close.

El 5G en San Martín

• Spectrum for 5G was awarded on 25 July 2023. Dauphin Telecom, Free Caraïbe and Orange Caraïbe received frequencies in both the 700 MHz and 3.4 to 3.8 GHz bands, and Digicel received 3.4 to 3.8 GHz only.
• Each winner took a 50 MHz block in the 3.4 to 3.8 GHz band in return for coverage commitments, and the remaining 180 MHz went to auction on 1 June 2023. The whole 700 MHz band, 20 MHz duplex, was auctioned on 18 April 2023.
• Free Caraïbe's licence runs from 25 July 2023 to 24 July 2038 and can be extended to 2043. It paid 2,000 euros for 5 MHz duplex at 700 MHz on Saint-Martin, and nothing for three extra 10 MHz blocks that put it at 3620 to 3700 MHz.
• Within five years of the award, half of Free Caraïbe's larger sites, and at least 2 on Saint-Martin, must use the 3.4 to 3.8 GHz band to offer at least 100 Mbit/s per 10 MHz block with latency of 5 milliseconds or less.

Notas sobre la red en San Martín

• Free Caraïbe's licence names five areas of Saint-Martin that must get voice, text and fast mobile internet within 36 months of July 2023: Concordia, Colombier, Oyster Pond, Cul de Sac and Quartier d'Orléans. Operators must share new masts built for these areas.
• Hurricane Irma on 6 September 2017 destroyed 90 to 95 percent of buildings and infrastructure on Saint-Martin and Saint-Barthélemy, took down GSM antennas and broke a submarine telecom cable. When the mobile network returned it was saturated, and restoring service took several weeks.
• After Irma the fixed networks, previously strung overhead, were rebuilt underground through Tintamarre, a company set up from November 2017 to build and run buried ducts for the three fibre operators on the territory: Orange, Dauphin Telecom and THD Tel.